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Black Hawk was born in a Sac village on the Rock River in 1767, and
matured into a distinguished chief and spokesman for the rights of
his people. "With his tribe he had great personal influence and his
young men received his counsel and advise, and yielded ready
acquiescence in his admonitions. With other tribes he was held in
high esteem, as well as by English and American soldiers, who had
witnessed his prowess on the battlefield." After reviewing the
narrative with his interpreter, Black Hawk stated that "it
contained nothing but the truth, and that it was his desire with
the white people in the big villages he had visited should know how
badly he had been treated, and the reason that he impelled him to
act as he had done." An account of Black Hawk's final years,
detailing his removal to the Des Moines River and the Black Hawk
Tower, augments the autobiography. The last portion of the volume
provides a detailed account of the Black Hawk War. Three
illustrations, an appendix, and a new full-name index add to the
value of this extraordinary book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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One of the most respected personages in Native American history,
BLACK HAWK (1767-1838), Sauk war chief of the Native American tribe
in Illinois, was already a renowned name in the early 1800s, having
fought for the British during the War of 1812. By 1832, when Black
Hawk led warriors against encroaching European settlers on Sauk
lands, he was so well-known that the engagement became known as the
Black Hawk War. In his 1833 autobiography, Black Hawk-dictating to
American newspaper editor JOHN BARTON PATTERSON (1805-1890)-tells
his tale, from the "Indian wars" as he saw them to his capture, in
1832, by American forces and his subsequent meeting with President
Andrew Jackson and grand tour of the United States. A provocative
look at Black Hawk's wisdom and, ironically, his misunderstanding
of the politics of the United States, this is a fascinating
firsthand account of one of the foundational philosophical battles
of American history.
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